ISBN:
9781501761546
,
9781501761324
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 272 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vulnerable communities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vulnerable Communities
DDC:
307.76
Keywords:
Small cities
;
Small cities Economic aspects
;
Small cities Social aspects
;
City planning
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
USA
;
Kleinstadt
;
Stadtplanung
;
Kommunaler Wohnungsbau
;
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Abstract:
The perils of in-betweenness: fragmented growth in a Virginia small city / Henry Way -- Building civic infrastructure in smaller cities: lessons from the Boston Fed's working cities challenge on paving the way for economic opportunity / Colleen Dawicki -- Diversity in the Dakotas: lessons on intercultural policies / Jennifer Erickson -- Shaking off the rust in the American South: deindustrialization, abandonment, and revitalization -- in Bessemer, Alabama / William Grady Holt -- The economic fortunes of small industrial cities and towns: manufacturing, place luck, and the urban transfer payment economy / Alan Mallach -- Where do small cities belong? the case of the micropolitan area / J. Matthew Fannin and Vikash Dangal -- Conceptualizing shrinking inner-ring suburbs as small cities: governance in communities in transition / Hannah Lebovits -- Local government responses to property tax caps: an analysis of Indiana municipal governments / Dagney Faulk, Charles Taylor, and Pamela Schaal -- Asymmetric local employment multipliers, agglomeration, and the disappearance of footloose jobs / -- Michael J. Hicks
Abstract:
"Scholars consider the present condition and future prospects of smaller US cities and towns struggling in the face of broad economic and social change. They offer a mix of ground-level analyses and more general examinations of the successes and failures of recent redevelopment policies and offer concrete ideas for local leaders engaged in redevelopment work"--
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